dognovel Chapter 157 Yi Yang's Trump Card
Chapter 157 Yi Yang's Trump Card
Chapter 157 Yi Yang's Trump Card
A fierce wind howled past, the black smoke dissipated, Liu Qingyuan pinned Lan Ying to the ground with a sword, Yue Wuque also took action to remove the smoke, the shadow was still on the ground in pieces, Yi Yang did not move, after feeling that there would be no more unexpected situations, Jing Tao Jun put away his whisk.
Of the two enemies with humanoid forms, only Lan Ying moved while the black smoke spread. She had already moved a distance from her original position, and if everyone hadn't been on guard, she might have escaped.
"Even shedding its skin requires skill."
Where Lan Ying was originally, only a skin remained. The woman who was nailed to the ground by Gu Chen had a bluish-black skin, and wisps of black smoke were rising from her wounds, making her look like a zombie with deep resentment.
If this is her true appearance, then disguising herself as someone else might not only be to deceive the enemy, but also to make contact with people. Lan Ying's zombie-like appearance certainly wouldn't work.
"How can even this be... Asura King! What are you doing!"
With a bronze longsword stuck in her back, she was forced to lie on the ground, unable to move. This time, she was completely unable to leave. Lan Ying was anxious and thought of her two "allies," Shou Wanjie and Qingyangzi.
When the red sword light suddenly shot towards them from the battlefield in the sky, she felt strange. Why did the two who were fighting with them stop when the enemy suddenly attacked?
"Zombie...you were the one who instigated the Three Treasures Sect to create corpses?"
Upon seeing Lan Ying's true appearance, Liu Qingyuan immediately thought of the Three Treasures Sect's outrageous practice of refining corpses to seek immortality. One of the two illegal transmigrators who infiltrated the Three Treasures Sect back then was Lan Ying.
But it wasn't mentioned at the time that there were female disciples, and it was a woman disguised as a man?
"Asura King! Qingyangzi! What on earth is going on with you?!"
At this point, Lan Ying was already somewhat hysterical and didn't respond to Liu Qingyuan at all, even though his act of summoning the system just now had clearly told them that he was the real enemy.
So, I, your enemy, pinned you to the ground with my sword, but you ignored me and instead roared at your temporary ally in the sky?
"Qingyangzi doesn't have time to deal with you."
Jingtao walked over and glanced at the group of illegal transmigrators. The disparity in strength between them was obvious, but would they really behave themselves like this?
"I remember you."
Upon seeing Jingtao, Yi Yang understood.
"Qingyangzi's so-called informant, right?"
Although the other party only showed up once, and not even face to face, Yi Yang still remembered him. There was no other reason. When Jing Tao Jun and Qing Yang Zi stood together, one in red and one in blue, they were very conspicuous from a distance.
The so-called informant appeared at this moment, siding with the enemy. With no further movement from the sky, the answer was obvious: Qingyangzi was not an "ally" at all. As for the Asura King, he no longer wanted to consider these things.
"You're calm."
Jingtao didn't deny anything and walked straight over. Compared to his companion's disbelief and hysteria, Yi Yang's behavior was the opposite.
Before, they were all flustered and panicked. Now they're so calm. Either they've admitted defeat, or they have other plans.
"They went to the spirit-intercepting formation, right?"
The grand battles that had taken place in the sky were over, and the people on the ground couldn't see the specific situation clearly. After the red sword energy, there was no further movement. If they weren't coming down to check on these captured "losers," then they could only be dealing with that large formation.
"We came here to destroy the world, and you came here to deal with us. Since that's the case..."
Yi Yang raised his hands, with the backs of both hands facing outwards. A series of strange patterns appeared on them. Upon closer inspection, one could see some similarities to the Intercepting Spirit Formation.
"If both the people and demons inside the formation die, you won't be able to explain yourselves, will you?"
Cutting off a spiritual vein can mean either severing it completely or destroying it outright. They never have any "standards" for their actions; any destructive act is acceptable.
When designing the formation, Yi Yang set a principle: no matter what, he had to maintain ultimate control over it, regardless of how many people assisted or what the formation's core was. In short, he had to have absolute control over the formation. He was willing to help with the design, but he would never relinquish his position as the main controller.
These ideas are actually quite difficult to realize because the formation is too large and involves too many things. However, Yi Yang has a system, and the biggest use of a system is to provide cheat codes.
“I felt it was time to do this when we had to rely on external help for all our preparations.”
When he realized that their line of work seemed unable to continue without collecting myriad tribulations, Yi Yang felt that he needed to have some leverage.
"Now, both the system and I are at the core of the control array. If I want, everyone and every demon in the array is a bomb, including the array itself."
"You guys have more and more trump cards up your sleeves... Why are you two so surprised?"
Just as Liu Qingyuan was about to criticize Yi Yang's classic act of taking hostages at the last minute, she saw that her companions Lan Ying and Yan looked very shocked, as if they had no idea that he had done this.
Most importantly, Yan didn't even have a human form. Liu Qingyuan could tell he was shocked, which was enough to show that Yi Yang's companion was truly unaware. Lan Ying didn't even want the human skin, which showed that it was her last trump card.
"Probably because I didn't tell them, after all, I'm used to lying all the time."
Not only Qingyangzi and Shouwanjie, but also Lan Ying and the others were unaware of his trick. Everyone thought that using the former leader of the Three Treasures Sect as the core of the formation was Yi Yang's last step in deceiving others, and that they would abandon the formation and not care about it anymore.
But in the end, this guy even lied to his own people.
"..."
...Good heavens, the Dao of Sitting in Oblivion, is it? Liu Qingyuan was speechless for a moment.
"This flimsy friendship is truly remarkable; it's a wonder you've managed to waste a hundred years here."
The plastic was in such a state, yet they didn't fight.
"No, no, no, I don't have the perseverance to stay for so many years. I joined midway because these useless people were too slow."
Perhaps because he had a "hostage" in hand, Yi Yang spoke in a very relaxed tone, as if chatting at sunrise. Just a moment ago he had a "we're doomed" expression, but now he was casually "chatting about everyday things." Liu Qingyuan seriously suspected that this guy had a split personality.
After struggling for so long, Lan Ying and Yan were too exhausted to fight anymore. Even though Yi Yang called them trash, they didn't want to talk to him anymore. Ying, who was lying on the ground in a pile and whose life was unknown, was also unable to speak. This place suddenly became a one-man show for Yi Yang.
This is strange. Wasn't the plan to bring the illegal time travelers to justice? What's going on here?
"I can barely be considered a veteran, and I have some experience with mishaps, so it makes sense to hide a few more cards."
Yi Yang raised both hands, smiling as he made a surrender gesture. He was wearing wide-sleeved clothes, and with his arms raised like this, the sleeves naturally slid down, revealing the lines on his hands that extended all the way to his arms. It seemed that this guy might have these lines all over his body.
"The power of the system is a different system from this world. Even if Laozi came, he couldn't solve the problem of the formation. So many people died at once, you will definitely have a hard time explaining it."
"Using hostages as a threat is such a cliché tactic."
Jingtao glanced in the direction of the formation. The light from the formation was still there, and the dark clouds in the sky were very low, as if the sky would crash down on everyone if it went any lower.
Yi Yang's power comes from the system, and it is indeed difficult to break through when the rule system is different. However, Liu Qingyuan also has a system. These systems are essentially the same thing, and their disguises are also products of the system.
Given enough time, we should be able to break it.
"As long as it works."
The instigator shrugged indifferently.
"Oh, by the way, I don't really have much to do with the Three Treasures Sect. It collapsed long before I arrived. If you want to ask about that, please ask these two idiots on the ground."
"Yi Yang, you... uh!"
The writhing shadow on the ground finally regained some consciousness. Hearing Yi Yang's words, he wanted to retort, but before he could finish speaking, he let out a cry of pain.
Tianjian Feitian withdrew his foot from stepping on the shadows, and several sword energies were unleashed in succession, yet they failed to kill all of these guys. Their vitality is truly tenacious.
"Oh right, I forgot about this."
Upon seeing Tianjian Feitian, Liu Qingyuan remembered that he hadn't retracted this alias yet. It was fortunate that there hadn't been any trouble caused by Shuangji Feitian's consciousness during this time.
But we can't let Tianjian Feitian stay outside any longer. Judging from his eyes, it looks like he's about to draw his sword and chop these illegal transmigrators in half.
Liu Qingyuan psychologically agreed with this approach, but in practice, it might actually detonate the people and demons inside the formation.
In some respects, Yi Yang's hostage-taking was indeed useful, but it could only be used for a short time. He didn't know how many people with knowledge of formations were here with Liu Qingyuan, and resolving the hostage issue was only a matter of time.
Of course, they couldn't stay deadlocked forever. Xiao Wu couldn't directly capture the illegal transmigrators, probably because of the other side's system's capabilities. They had to find a way to knock Yi Yang unconscious. As long as he was unconscious, he wouldn't be able to detonate the bomb.
So the question is, how do you knock Yi Yang unconscious? By attacking him from behind?
Based on previous observations, although Yi Yang seems to be schizophrenic, his body appears to be constructed like that of a normal human, with blind spots in his vision.
Coincidentally, Yue Wuque was standing right behind him.
……
At the Spirit Interception Formation, the young man watched as the battle in the sky abruptly ended, and then two red figures landed in front of him. Although both were dressed in red, one of them had a strong Taoist aura and a righteous appearance, clearly indicating that he was a member of the Taoist sect.
Because he had done his research beforehand and knew that these "immortals from beyond the realm" were mostly Taoist cultivators, he wasn't too surprised by Qingyangzi. It was just that another one... was this really not a monster?
"You...are also from the Taoist sect?"
The young man looked at Shou Wanjie from left to right, up to down, almost circling around him. After looking him over, he still felt that this person with long, pointed ears did not look like a Taoist priest.
“It doesn’t have to be.”
"He is the last disciple of the Dao Emperor, a unique talent among the stars."
Qingyangzi gave a brief introduction before turning to study the human head in the center of the array. The cage had expanded several times over, becoming taller than a person. The material of the cage had also changed; what used to look like an ordinary wooden cage now resembled a translucent crystal.
The heads inside are floating in mid-air, being forced to experience "reconstructing their golden bodies".
"Has the Ninth Prince ever tried to destroy the array's core?"
"I tried it, and I got a good shock from that cage."
The unexpectedly arrived noble young man was none other than the Ninth Prince, who had helped Xi Fangping back then. From the moment he met Shuangxiu, his curiosity about these outsiders grew day by day. He even took the initiative to come down and chat with them a few times, but Xiaocui was not there at the time, so he did not recognize her.
It's unclear whether it's because he's the son of the Jade Emperor and not many people care about him, or whether princes and nobles associated with the number "nine" are all somewhat mischievous. In any case, this one didn't come in a carriage or with any attendants; he simply showed up to join the fun as a noble young master.
Just as Yi Yang said, there is a gap between the power of the system and this world. No matter how much localization and improvement Yi Yang made to the formation using the system's cheat, it is still essentially a "cheat". Even if the Ninth Prince came, he would not be able to break the formation.
"Why not split it open?"
Shou Wanjie aimed the tip of his blade at the patterns on the ground that belonged to the formation, about to cleave down.
"Wait a minute!"
Seeing his action, Xiao Er and the others felt a chill run down their spines. The other party spoke without any regard for others. Before they could recover from the shock that the Asura King was actually a Taoist priest, they saw that he was about to break the formation.
This is dangerous; they are practically one with the formation now. If this strike is delivered, those trapped inside the formation might also be injured.
“The formation has trapped us all. If you strike, we and the monsters could all be affected.”
Fortunately, although they couldn't move their bodies, their mouths were still normal, and they could still speak and explain.
"...Tsk."
Remembering that there were still a lot of natives trapped in the formation, Shou Wanjie looked around, reluctantly sheathed his sword, and seemed to have some regret.
“There’s been some trouble with Jianzi. Yi Yang is still controlling the formation. The people inside the formation are like hostages and can’t be moved around easily.”
Qingyangzi had already received the message.
"Yi Yang? It's Master!"
"Hostages? How did we become hostages again?"
Qingyangzi's words stirred up a huge wave in the crowd. Xiao Er and the others had just realized that they had been deceived by Yi Yang's cheap master. They thought they were just simple victims, but how did they become hostages?
What would happen if it moved?
"The Ninth Prince asked."
"The explosion, along with the entire formation and all the trapped creatures, exploded along with the spiritual vein."
"...talented individuals."
Upon hearing this answer, the Ninth Prince was at a loss for words, only able to remark that he was truly a talented individual.
If a spiritual vein really explodes, it's not just a simple problem with spiritual energy. The energy gathered in a spiritual vein is enormous. Even if the vein that the other party tampered with is not the main vein, if it really explodes, the most serious scenario would shake the foundation of the world.
Moreover, the extent of the spiritual vein explosion... all I can say is that the kid named Yi Yang is really ruthless.
"Jianzi will keep him calm while we break the formation."
"Asking him might be helpful."
The Ninth Prince pointed to the central array eye. Since the power systems were different, he couldn't intervene. He could only offer some verbal assistance from the side.
"This person is deeply sinful and probably knows a lot."
His earlier reach was intended to remove the cage and the heads inside, taking them away from the original position of the array's core, which might cause the array to collapse on its own.
The attempt failed, and his hand was struck by a series of lightning bolts. Although the power was negligible to him, it was precisely this feeling of having the ability but being unable to use it effectively that was most frustrating.
Simply put, it's because of the mechanism that he can't just go for it directly. In terms of being annoying, Yi Yang has really figured it out.